JENA
, a university See also:town of See also:Germany, in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Saxe-See also:Weimar, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Saale, 56 m
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S.W. from See also:Leipzig by the Grossberigen-See also:Saalfeld and 12 M
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S.E. of Weimar by the Weimar-See also:Gera lines of railway
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Pop
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(19o5), 26,355
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Its situation in a broad valley environed by See also:limestone hills is somewhat dreary
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To the See also:north lies the See also:plateau, descending steeply to the valley, famous as the See also:scene of the See also:battle of Jena
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The town is surrounded by promenades occupying the site of the old fortifications; it contains in addition to the See also:medieval See also:market square, many old-fashioned houses and See also:quaint narrow streets
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Besides the old university buildings, the most interesting edifices are the 15th-See also:century See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Michael, with atower 318 ft. high, containing an See also:altar, beneath which is a See also:door-way leading to a vault, and a See also:bronze statue of See also:Luther, originally destined for his See also:tomb; the university library, in which is preserved a curious figure of a See also:dragon; and the See also:bridge across the Saale, as See also:long as the church See also:steeple is high, the centre See also:arch of which is surmounted by a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone carved See also:head of a malefactor
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Across the See also:river is the " See also:mountain," or See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, whence a See also:fine view is obtained of the town and surroundings, and hard by the See also:Fuchs-Turm (See also:Fox See also:tower) celebrated for student orgies, while in the centre of the town is the See also:house of an astronomer, Weigel, with a deep See also:shaft through which the stars can be seen in the See also:day See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time
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Thus the seven marvels of Jena are summed up in the Latin lines:
Ara, caput, See also:draco, coons, ports, vulpecula turris, Weigeliana domus; septem miracula Jenae
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There must also be mentioned the university church, the new university buildings, which occupy the site of the ducal See also:palace (Schloss) where See also:Goethe wrote his See also:Hermann and Dorothea, the Schwarzer See also:Bar Hotel, where Luther spent the See also:night after his See also:flight from the See also:Wartburg, and four towers and a gateway which now alone See also:mark the position of the See also:ancient walls
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The town has of See also:late years become a favourite residential resort and has greatly extended towards the See also:west, where there is a See also:colony of pleasant villas
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Its See also:chief prosperity centres, however, in the university
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In 1547 the elector See also:John See also:Frederick the Magnanimous of See also:Saxony, while a See also:captive in the hands of the See also:emperor See also:Charles V., conceived the See also:plan of See also:founding a university at Jena, which was accordingly established by his three sons
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After having obtained a See also:charter from the emperor See also:Ferdinand I., it was inaugurated on the 2nd of See also:February 1558
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It was most numerously attended about the See also:middle of the 18th century; but the most brilliant professoriate was under the See also:duke Charles See also:Augustus, Goethe's•See also:patron (1787–18o6), when See also:Fichte, See also:Hegel, See also:Schelling, See also:Schlegel and See also:Schiller were on its teaching See also:staff
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Founded as a See also:home for the new religious opinions of the 16th century, it has ever been in the forefront of See also:German See also:universities in liberally accepting new ideas
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It distances perhaps every other German university in the extent to which it carries out what are popularly regarded as the characteristics of German student-See also:life—duelling and the See also:passion for Freiheit
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At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the opening of new universities, co-operating with the suspicions of the various German governments as to the democratic opinions which obtained at Jena, militated against the university, which has never regained its former prosperity
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In 1905 it was attended by about Iroo students, and its teaching staff (including privatdocenten) numbered 112
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Amongst its numerous auxiliaries may be mentioned the library, with 200,000 volumes, the See also:observatory, the meteorological See also:institute, the botanical See also:garden, seminaries of See also:theology, See also:philology and See also:education, and well equipped clinical, anatomical and See also:physical institutes
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There are also veterinary and agricultural colleges in connexion with the university
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The manufactures of Jena are not consider-able
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The See also:book See also:trade has of late years revived, and there are several See also:printing establishments
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Jena appears to have possessed municipal rights in the 13th century
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At the beginning of the 14th century it was in the See also:possession of the margraves of See also:Meissen, from whom it passed in 1423 to the elector of Saxony
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Since 1485 it has remained in the Ernestine See also:line of the house of Saxony
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In 1662 it See also:fell to Bernhard, youngest son of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William duke of Weimar, and became the See also:capital of a small See also:separate duchy
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Bernhard's line having become See also:extinct in 169o, Jena was See also:united with See also:Eisenach, and in 1741 reverted with that duchy to Weimar
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In more See also:modern times Jena has been made famous by the defeat inflicted in the vicinity, on the 14th of See also:October 18o6, by See also:Napoleon upon the Prussian See also:army under the See also:prince of See also:Hohenlohe (see See also:NAPOLEONIC
See also:CAMPAIGNS)
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See See also:Schreiber and Farber, Jena von seinem Ursprun bis zur neuesten Zeit (2nd ed., 1858) ; Ortloff, Jena and Umgegend (3rd ed., 1875) ; Leonhardt, Jena als Universitdt and Stadt (Jena, 1902); See also:Ritter, Fuhrer durch Jena and Umgebung (Jena, 1901); See also:Biedermann, See also:Die Universitdt Jena (Jena, 1858) ; and the Urkundenbuch der Stadt Jena edited by J
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See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin and O
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See also:Devrient (1888-1903)
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